Sunday, November 18, 2007

My triumphant 'I finished my Cobblestone, y'all!' post!

The pictures say it all:

I am exceedingly happy with this bad boy (the sweater and the grouchy scientist wearing it). The design is quintessentially Elizabeth Zimmermann as it's simply constructed, stylish and fits like dream. Jared took her common sense formula and turned it into something decidedly modern. The Classic Elite, while slightly 'chalky' (Babs' hilarious adjective) does produce a sturdy, appealing fabric that is tweedy yet not too hairshirt-like. Luckily I had enough in my stash as I never quite got around to the Central Park Hoodie that I had originally purchased it for. CPH's loss was Cobblestone's gain, and I am so happy with the results.The SpecsPattern: The Cobblestone, IK Fall 07Size: LNeedles: Addi Turbo, Size 7Yarn: Classic Elite Skye Tweed, color #1238 'Highland Brown Cow', exactly 13.5 ballsThe yoke did seem to go on much longer than anticipated, but such is life when you're making a sweater, right? Patience has never been one of my strong suits. I highly recommend the pattern, especially if you need a project that you can knit in the dark (like while screening movies for your class), at 30,000 feet when turbulence hits and you are knitting on for dear life, or zoning out in front of the tv, something I know precious little about...We are now officially on Thanksgiving break around this joint, and I will be setting up a Meathead assembly line. I ordered the pattern yesterday from Larissa (thanks Leslie!), and have deemed this my official Christmas knit of 2007™. Everyone will be getting this from me, and I mean everyone!

It looks fabulous! It is next on my to-knit list for my husband ... but first I've got to finish the seemingly endless yoke of his Seamless Hybrid. (I've been knitting for like four hours today and I swear it's not getting any longer!)

charlie just said....woo. that guy is wearing my sweater! i said, yep, a lot of people in blogland are wearing that sweater! :)great job....it looks wonderful on him! i am sure he will be grinning from ear to ear every time he wears it! glad you got the meathead pattern... an assembly line sounds like a fabulous idea!

Wow - perfect! I love it! I have to admit, although I fell in love with this pattern the first time I saw it, I'm not sure I have the moxie to take all the garter stitch and stockinette stitch. Congratulations for sticking with it. It sure looks worth it! Bravo!

Awesome. Just awesome. Did you leave out the short rows at the beginning of the yoke, or are they just hiding in the photo? Mine came out pretty funky in the Cobblestone I did for my son, but I'm not sure if that's just because he has skinny little shoulders that don't hold the yoke out the way a man's do.

congratulations! what a beautiful sweater - I love the way the yoke turned out - I think if I make this one I'll do a ribbed cuff and hem around the waist - just to make it a little more traditional... finishing things always makes me happy!!! :) (now if I could just finish one of the sweaters in my WIP pile!)

Oh, way to wrack me with guilt before I've even had my coffee, woman. OK, OK, it's inspiring. Lookit those gorgeous short rows in the yoke! Will I ever get that far?Also, all the fall color in your yard (?) is dreamy.

you wouldn't happen to have 1 skein left would you? I actually am knitting this sweater for my husband with the same exact color and I bought 14 skeins even though it called for 12. I managed to use all 14 and still don't have enough. I would buy it from you and pay shipping?Please email me at: vormer@verizon.net